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Post by sigurdur on Oct 22, 2019 1:00:01 GMT
Well, not so good. 1/2 inch of rain last night. On top of the 10" in the last few weeks. Starting to rot.
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Post by Ratty on Oct 22, 2019 5:17:32 GMT
Well, not so good. 1/2 inch of rain last night. On top of the 10" in the last few weeks. Starting to rot. ... and it refuses to rain where it's needed in Queensland and New South Wales.
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Post by glennkoks on Oct 22, 2019 12:52:28 GMT
Well, not so good. 1/2 inch of rain last night. On top of the 10" in the last few weeks. Starting to rot. And I thought that commercial fishing was a tough way to make a living. I can always leave my bay, move up or down the coast to chase crabs, fish or oysters. Farmers can't move at all and are 100% at the mercy of mother nature and the weather directly above their heads. I can't imagine the frustration of not having options... That being said commercial fishing ain't exactly easy and Mother Nature still throws punches at you.
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Post by nautonnier on Oct 23, 2019 18:10:21 GMT
Well, not so good. 1/2 inch of rain last night. On top of the 10" in the last few weeks. Starting to rot. And I thought that commercial fishing was a tough way to make a living. I can always leave my bay, move up or down the coast to chase crabs, fish or oysters. Farmers can't move at all and are 100% at the mercy of mother nature and the weather directly above their heads. I can't imagine the frustration of not having options... That being said commercial fishing ain't exactly easy and Mother Nature still throws punches at you. Hunter gatherer meet farmer
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Post by acidohm on Oct 24, 2019 21:15:22 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Oct 25, 2019 2:45:10 GMT
I got lazy today. Rather than walking miles in mud, I took out my drone. I am trying to find an area that I can harvest so that I have seed for next spring. My supplier states that he won't have any, and I do grow a very specific strain for my customers.
I learned that I have to take better pictures. Took lots, but I need to fly in a straight path from end to end of the field to figure out how to get to the "drier" spots. (so far, haven't found any of those).
Interesting year. My dad talked about a neighbor who dug spuds on Thanksgiving. Will it warm up enough and dry out enough to do that? Will the frost take care of that idea next week when highs are predicted to not reach 32F (0.0C)?? Time will tell.
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Post by Ratty on Oct 25, 2019 4:35:20 GMT
I got lazy today. Rather than walking miles in mud, I took out my drone. I am trying to find an area that I can harvest so that I have seed for next spring. My supplier states that he won't have any, and I do grow a very specific strain for my customers. I learned that I have to take better pictures. Took lots, but I need to fly in a straight path from end to end of the field to figure out how to get to the "drier" spots. (so far, haven't found any of those). Interesting year. My dad talked about a neighbor who dug spuds on Thanksgiving. Will it warm up enough and dry out enough to do that? Will the frost take care of that idea next week when highs are predicted to not reach 32F (0.0C)?? Time will tell. Interesting times?
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Post by sigurdur on Oct 25, 2019 5:21:56 GMT
I got lazy today. Rather than walking miles in mud, I took out my drone. I am trying to find an area that I can harvest so that I have seed for next spring. My supplier states that he won't have any, and I do grow a very specific strain for my customers. I learned that I have to take better pictures. Took lots, but I need to fly in a straight path from end to end of the field to figure out how to get to the "drier" spots. (so far, haven't found any of those). Interesting year. My dad talked about a neighbor who dug spuds on Thanksgiving. Will it warm up enough and dry out enough to do that? Will the frost take care of that idea next week when highs are predicted to not reach 32F (0.0C)?? Time will tell. Interesting times? Thats what my banker said, as he thought about more interest having to be paid.
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Post by sigurdur on Oct 31, 2019 15:19:49 GMT
2019 is a train wreck in my area. Fully 1/3 of crop left to harvest. Beets and spuds are the worst of the train wreck.
Spuds top the beets as we are dealing with perishable seed for 2020 planting year. ND nuclear seed got harvested. The G1 seed, not so much.
Anyone who tells you not to fear cold temperatures is full of shit.
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Post by missouriboy on Nov 4, 2019 22:53:06 GMT
Driving across central western Missouri heading for Kansas City to visit my brother. Combines and trucks finishing off the last standing corn of the season. Waiting for that November WASDE report. The October Bureaucratic Summary of Ag Weather www.usda.gov/oce/weather/pubs/Monthly/current.pdfThe Fine Art of Understatement 1 - UNITED STATES Summer-like heat baked the Southeast during September, favoring summer crop maturation andharvesting. However, the hot weather—accompanied by little or no rainfall in most areas—stressed pastures and depleted topsoil moisture. In contrast, excessively wet conditions across the northern Plains hampered late season small grain harvest efforts and threatened the quality of crops remaining in the field. In late September, wind-driven snow fell across northern sections of the Rockies and High Plains. Heavy precipitation also extended into the Northwest and across the northern and western Corn Belt. The upper Midwestern wetness was detrimental to crops and helped to maintain a slow pace of development for late-planted corn and soybeans. Farther south, shower activity increased across portions of the southern Plains, improving prospects for newly planted winter wheat. Elsewhere, tropical systems affecting the country in September included Hurricane Dorian, which grazed the Carolinas, and Tropical Storm Imelda, which flooded southeastern Texas. 2 - CANADA Winter weather, including locally deep snow and a season-ending freeze, disrupted Prairie spring crop harvesting and raised concern for potential damage to unharvested spring crops, notably canola. Meanwhile, showers boosted moisture for winter wheat germination in Ontario, though there was limited relief from long-term dryness.
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Post by missouriboy on Nov 4, 2019 23:15:36 GMT
One has to hope that Astro is correct about that early spring and long 2020 growing season.
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Post by nautonnier on Nov 5, 2019 11:58:29 GMT
So how true is this Sig? Moboy?
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Post by sigurdur on Nov 5, 2019 14:48:31 GMT
So how true is this Sig? Moboy? Canada is having real problems compared to normal. Here, soybeans lost bushels due to snow and wet. High winds have resulted in ear drop from corn. Australian wheat production is forecast to be between 15-16MMT. Russian/Ukraine wheat went in well. SA is enjoying rain and moderate temperatures. Remaining grain stocks are still so huge that it will take awhile to whittle through them. That is why there has not been a market response to date.
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Post by sigurdur on Nov 6, 2019 4:16:47 GMT
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Post by missouriboy on Nov 6, 2019 13:23:42 GMT
Some things are written in stone. CHINA WILL IMPORT FOOD. Lots of food.
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